After years of volatility, companies are still battling the twin pressures of high financing costs and complex, extended supply chains. Liquidity is tighter, and investors are paying far more attention to how efficiently businesses manage cash.
At the same time, digital transformation and AI are starting to make a real difference, helping companies surface hidden cash, forecast more accurately, and act faster. There’s also growing interest in diversified funding, from receivables programmes and inventory finance to embedded and ERP-integrated SCF solutions, as treasurers look for resilience in uncertain markets.
These are just some of the themes and conversations 400 senior decision-makers from Europe’s top corporates, banks, fintechs and advisors will wrestle with and discuss at this year’s Working Capital Forum Europe 2025 in Amsterdam on 25th November. Featuring corporate case studies, future-focused keynotes, technology demos and hands-on workshops, the one-day forum aims to deliver immediate impact and offer practical solutions to real-world liquidity challenges, says Mike Hewitt, Co-founder of Adaugeo Media, whose brands include Working Capital Forum, Transaction Banking Academy and Treasury Dragons.
“The agenda reflects the mood perfectly: it’s all about creating a cash culture and embedding working capital discipline across the business. Delegates will be discussing how to turn automation and data into measurable results — with sessions on AI in cash optimisation, embedded SCF in Oracle and SAP, and real-time forecasting challenges showing how technology is moving from concept to execution,” Hewitt tells Treasury Today Group.
“We’ll also see a lot of focus on value creation, not just cash release: sessions from Superunie, Haleon and Stora Enso show how treasury, procurement, and supply chain teams are aligning working capital with strategic goals. And with the return of the Supply Chain Finance Showdown and Innovation Challenge, there’ll be strong debate about what’s truly new in funding models, versus what’s just old pipes with a new tap.”
RaboResearch’s Head of Global Economics & Markets, Jan Lambregts will share the bank’s market insights, and a panel of experts from KPMG will reflect on how Europe’s leading companies manage working capital in the face of market volatility, inflationary pressure, and shifting supply chains.
Through the course of the day delegates can tap into expert insights on deferred payables, cash optimisation and accurate forecasting; the latest innovations in supply chain finance including embedding SCF into ERP systems, and multicurrency receivables purchase programmes, as well as glean corporate insights from treasury teams at GXO Logistics, REWE Group, Stora Enso, Haleon, Vinmar International, Apotera to name a few.
Working Capital Forum Europe has evolved from a specialist gathering into one of the largest international meeting places for treasury, procurement and finance leaders focused on cash. And Hewitt says that each year, the conversation has moved up a level to now focus on strategic optimisation rather than cost reduction. The 2025 agenda shows how far the industry has come: live dashboards, multi-funder debates, digital euro use cases and hands-on workshops with real corporate case studies, for example.
“Today the focus is on digitally enabled, data-driven liquidity management,” he concludes. “It’s no longer just a conference — it’s a platform where banks, fintechs and corporates genuinely collaborate to define the next phase of working capital excellence.”
